In 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés made a decision that changed history. After landing in Mexico with his crew, he ...

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The Spanish conquered Mexico in 1521 after Hernan Cortes led a small army of soldiers and defeated the Tenochca to take their city of Tenochtitlan and annex the "Aztec Empire" to establish the ...

Cuauhtémoc organized the defense of Tenochtitlán against Hernán Cortés and his Spanish-Indigenous army.

The Aztec Empire was one of the most dominant forces the world had ever seen, but it would fall from grace in a span of two and a half years.

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

The lost gold treasures of Montezuma. Engraving of Hernan Cortes fighting Montezuma by Jan Karel Donatus Van Beecq (1638-1722) (crop) Credit: Public Domain The mystery of the lost gold treasures of ...

Hernán Cortés Hernández, namesake of the infamous Spanish conquistador, is the new commander of the National Guard in Mexico.

Object Details depicted Cortes, Hernan original artist Carnicero, D. A. graphic artist Carmona, D. J. A. Description This engraving shows Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), the Spanish captain who headed the ...

Restaging the meeting between Moctezuma and Hernán Cortés, Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empires explores how little we still know about this moment in history.